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Recently, Christopher Nolan suggested the ideal theatre seats to enjoy a big screen experience optimally. It made most of us wonder if we’d been watching movies all wrong so far. If James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, which dropped on Disney+ Hotstar on June 7, isn’t able to move or engage you as much as it did your friend who watched it in theatres, Nolan’s explanation might come handy. (Also read: Avatar The Way of Water movie review) Avatar 2: Way of the Water was best enjoyed on an IMAX screen. Of…

Researchers have detailed a melting spy robot that could one day collect information and then melt into an oily puddle after being exposed to UV light or heat. The design of such a robot is highlighted in a paper currently published on the pre-publication server arXiv. According to the paper, the soft robot could collect intelligence as well as take care of other things that might be needed by such a machine. The melting spy robot is what scientists refer to as a soft robot, meaning that it is made up of…

Free as in Freedom, by Sam Williams, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. SMALL PUDDLE OF FREEDOM SMALL PUDDLE OF FREEDOMAsk anyone who's spent more than a minute in Richard Stallman's presence, and you'll get the same recollection: forget the long hair. Forget the quirky demeanor. The first thing you notice is the gaze. One look into Stallman's green eyes, and you know you're in the presence of a true believer.To call the Stallman gaze intense is an understatement.…